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		<title>Two Ph.D. student vacancies</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/213</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[distributed systems security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two Ph.D. student positions available at my research group LERSSE. Ph.D. students are accepted with full support in the form of research assistantships and positions are available for starting in September 2012. Application deadline is December 1! LERSSE is a world-class international multidisciplinary &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/213">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On vulnerability of Facebook users to social botnets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[human factos in security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How likely for a Facebook user to accept a friendship request from a stranger (albeit a pretty/handsome one)? By how much do such chances correlate with &#8220;promiscuity&#8221; of the user in terms of FB friends? Can such requests be automated? &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/199">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Towards Usable Web Single Sign-On</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpenID is an open and promising Web single sign-on (SSO) solution. The research led by my Ph.D. student San-Tsai Sun investigates the challenges and concerns web users face when using OpenID for authentication, and identifies what changes in the login &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/188">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Lab Study Troubles</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/184</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[usable security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can real behavior of users, when it comes to security decisions, be observed in lab studies? A recent paper from my research group sheds light on this question. Initially, our goal was quite different. We replicated and extended a 2008 &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/184">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Metaphors of Physiscal Security Work for Computers?</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/175</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is evidence that the communication of security risks to home computer users has been unsuccessful. Prior research has found that users do not heed risk communications, that they do not read security warning texts, and that they ignore them. &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/175">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heuristics for Evaluating IT Security Management Tools</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/167</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[human factos in security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The usability of IT security management (ITSM) tools is hard to evaluate by regular methods, making heuristic evaluation attractive. However, standard usability heuristics (e.g., Nielsen&#8217;s) are hard to apply, as IT security management occurs within a complex and collaborative context &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/167">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Have users signed up?</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/139</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I participated in a panel &#8220;Password Managers, Single Sign-On, Federated ID: Have users signed up?&#8221; at Workshop on The Future of User Authentication and Authorization on the Web: Challenges in Current Practice, New Threats, and Research Directions, which was collocated &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/139">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is OpenID too Open? Technical, Business, and Human Issues That Get in the Way of OpenID and Ways of Addressing Them</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/143</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business factors in security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The web is essential for business and personal activities well beyond information retrieval, such online banking, financial transactions, and payment authorization, but reliable user authentication remains a challenge. OpenID is a mainstream Web single sign-on (SSO) solution intended for Internet-scale &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/143">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CHI Work in Progress to Feature LERSSE Research</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/124</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT security management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, in Vancouver, Work In Progress Posters session of SIG CHI Conference will feature three research projects of my graduate students. San-Tsai Sun and his team-mates will present results of investigating the challenges web users face when using OpenID &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/124">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Undergrad Security Course Features Cool Projects</title>
		<link>http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/103</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>konstantin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[human factos in security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students in my undergraduate computer security course had done several excellent projects. You can watch video clips of the projects or read reports. httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ABEF30FCC4453A52 I would like particularly mention the following projects: Security Analysis of the i&#62;clicker Audience Response System &#8230; <a href="http://konstantin.beznosov.net/professional/archives/103">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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